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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Marmara Ereğlisi in Turkey


Earthquake location 40.8072S, 28.0956WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Marmara Ereğlisi in Turkey. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000c0iv. Event ids that are associated: us6000c0iv. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:38:31 / 1:38 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/09/20 / 2020-09-24 13:38:31 / September 24, 2020 @ 1:38 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 28.0956 East, latitude 40.8072 North, depth = 10 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luleburgaz, Maltepe, Mustafakemalpaşa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from İstanbul (c. 11 174 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Bağcılar (c. 724 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Üsküdar (c. 582 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Bahçelievler (c. 576 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Umraniye (c. 573 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Esenler (c. 520 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

Questions or comments?

Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 21 km SSE of Marmara Ereğlisi, Turkey.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 28.0956° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.8072° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21 km SSE of Marmara Ereğlisi, Turkey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-24 13:38:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-24 19:27:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 8 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 288 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.177 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000c0iv Id of event.
Event Code 6000c0iv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c0iv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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